The funeral of Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul – in pictures

The funeral of Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul – in pictures

Crowds of mourners, politicians and foreign ambassadors attend the funeral of the former Afghan president, who was killed on Tuesday by a suicide bomber claiming to be a peace emissary from the Taliban

Friday 23 September 2011 08.33 EDT

Soldiers carry the coffin of Burhanuddin Rabbani during his funeral at the presidential palace in Kabul. The 70-year-old had been appointed by President Hamid Karzai to Afghanistan's High Peace Council, which was seeking to reconcile the country's warring factions

Afghan president Hamid Karzai (fourth from right), his vice-presidents Mohammad Qasim Fahim (fourth from left) and Mohammed Karim Khalili (third from left), and MP Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayaf (third from right) look on as Burhanuddin Rabbani's coffin lies in state at the presidential palace in Kabul. Karzai had hailed Rabbani as a tireless advocate for reconciliation